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Show 1875.] ON ASIATIC SHEEP. 525 brother Captain Brooke, 92nd Highlanders, direct from the Pamir range. j. Frontlet and horns in the College of Surgeons (no. in catalogue 3773 a). They were presented by Mr. Sclater, who gives the following particulars (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 443) :-"This is one of several pairs of horns brought back by Lieut. Wood in 1838, on his return from his journey to the sources of the Oxus, when detached from Sir Alexander Burne's mission to Cabool. Having been unaccountably neglected, and thrown out into the open air at Loodianeh to perish, they were rescued by Col. Stedman in 1843, and presented to Major W. E. Hay, who brought them home in 1858." k. This specimen, an imperfect skull and horns, formed the original type of O. poli, Blyth (P. Z. S. 1840; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1841, pl. v. figs. 1 & 2 ) , and is now preserved in the collection of the East-Indian Museum at Kensington. The orbital surface of the horns is convex at the base, becomes flat and more or less concave towards the extremity; the frontal surface is flat, and the nuchal surface flat at the base, becoming gradually concave. The fronto-nuchal edge is sharp, the fronto-orbital edge rounded, and the nuchal edge sharp; all three edges are strongly marked towards their extremities. 1. Frontlet and horns sent home by Sir Douglas Forsyth, and now in the East-Indian Museum, Kensington. It agrees in all particulars with the preceding specimen (k). n. Stuffed specimen in the British Museum, received from Brandt, the only locality given being Siberia. The horns are very massive, with deep annulations, their frontal and nuchal surfaces rounded, and the fronto-orbital edge almost obsolete. The terminal curve strongly developed, and turning boldly outwards. o. Mounted specimen in the Museum at Leyden. p. Mounted specimen in the Museum at Amsterdam. u. Perfect specimen, skin, skull, and horns, in Colebrooke Collection. It was brought home by Captain Chapman, and was killed within 30 or 40 miles of Leh, during the winter of 1873. Frontal and orbital surfaces slightly convex ; nuchal surface convex at the base, becoming gradually flatter towards the extremity. All three edges rounded. A slight groove runs along the orbital surface immediately below the fronto-orbital edge. v. A perfect skull (except lower jaw) in the British Museum. w. Skull in the College of Surgeons (no. 3772 in catalogue). x. A remarkably fine specimen in the collection of Lady Mayo. The annulations in the horns are very strongly marked; the fronto-orbital edge is rounded, the fronto-nuchal edge very definite. Orbital surface convex, frontal surface flat, nuchal surface convex at base, becoming gradually concave towards the extremity. y. Skull and horns in the East-Indian Museum, presented by Mr. Hodgson. The orbital surface is flat, the frontal surface slightly concave, and the nuchal surface convex. The three edges are distinctly marked, the fronto-orbital and fronto-nuchal ones rounded. The median axis is directed inwards; the terminal axis very short, and directed forwards. |